Water raising and emptying device for wells



No. 613,017. Patehted on. 25, I898. .1. B. PRICE.

WATER RAISING AND EMPTYING DEVICE FOR WELLS Application filed Jan. 22,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. PRICE, OFTUTTLE, KENTUCKY.

WATERRAISI NG AND EMPTYING DEVICE FOR WELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,017, dated October25, 1898. Application filed January 22, 1898. Serial No. 667,589. (Nomodel.)

have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in Water Raising andEmptying Devices for Dug, Driven,or Drilled Wells; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this I 5specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for drawing and emptyingwater from open wells of that class that are operated by means of aWindlass; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide adevice of the class described wherein the well-bucket is lowered,raised,and emptied simply by turning the Windlass; second, that has a means forautomatically opening and closing the wellcover; third, that has anautomatic means for tripping'the shifting-lever, so it will be inreadiness for allowing the bucket to be lowered, and, fourth, to providea'device of that class that will be simple in construction, easy ofoperation, and convenient withal.

With these objects in View my invention consists in the construction andcombination of parts shown in the accompanying drawings and described inthe following specification.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective 'view of the device complete,with the wellcurb. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation. Fig. 4 is a top plan view 0 taken on the line X X of Fig. 3,and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the bucket-shifting lever.

Referring to the drawings,1 is the well-curb,

having the water-bucket shelf 2 in front and uprights 3 and 1 at eitherside. The curb is inclosed on all sides and top and has a circularopening in the top to admit the well-bucket, said opening being providedwith alid 5. The uprights 3 and t are connected at the top by a piece 6,which carries a pulley 7 directly Rotatably mounted in the upright 3 isa Windlass 8. A

cross-piece 9 extends from upright to upright near the top and haspivotally hung thereto the shifting-lever 10 and thetrip-dog 11. Theshifting-lever 10 has secured to its lower end an arm 12, terminating inan elongated loop 13, and on the rear side, near the lower end, is a pin14:, which engages with'the trip-dog 11.

Upon the top of the curb 1 is a trough 15, pivotally mounted betweenshort posts 16, the rear end of the trough-being weighted, so as tocause it to normally rest upon the block 17, as seen in the dotted linesin Fig. 2. Secured to the end of the hinge-rod 18 of the lid 5 is asegmental slotted arm 19. A pin 20 in the adjacent side of the trough 15extends into the slot of the arm 19. trough moves up or down the lid 5is raised or lowered, as the case may be. The position of the segmentalslotted arm 19 with relation to the pin 20 causes the lid 5 to open to aperpendicular position with a very small movement on the part of thetrough 15,which is illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

A rope or cable 21 is secured to the windlass 8, passes over the pulley7, and is secured to the bail of the well-bucket 22. Just above the hailof the bucket the rope is provided with a button or ball 23, securelyfastened thereto. A rod 24 passes from upright 3 to 4 for the purpose ofpreventing the bucket 22 from slipping down in the trough 15 when atrest. Secured to the end of the trip-dog 11 is a rod 25, passing downthe inside of upright 4 and having an inwardly-extending end, whichengages with the striker 26, secured to the side of-the trough. Thewellbucket 22 is of the type which have abottorn valve, which permitsthe bucket to fiil itself from the bottom and also to empty itself whenset down by reason of the valve being forced open; but while beingraised from the well the weight of the water holds the valve closed andprevents the escape of the water.-

In operation the apparatus is first in the position shown in Fig. 1. TheWindlass is turned, lifting the bucket, which swings over the lid 5, andwhen the weight of the bucket is taken from the trough in front of itspiv otal point it drops back by reason of the heavy rear end and therebyraises the lid 5 through the medium of the segmental slotted arm 19 andthe pin 20. The bucket is then let down in the well,where it fills,andis drawn Hence when the a up until it reaches the position indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 3, where the button 23 engages the loop 13 ofthe arm 12, secured to the pivoted shifting-lever 10, and as the bucketis further raised the button, catching in the loop, causes the lever 10to shift the position of the bucket until it hangs directly over thetrough, as seen in Fig. 3. To gain this position, the arm 12 has assumeda horizontal position and brings the pin 14 on the lever 10 in contactwith the notch in the tripdog 11, which it engages and holds in placewhile the bucket is let down into the trough 15. When the weight of thebucket strikes the trough, it at once tilts forward, closing the lid 5and causing the striker 26 to engage the rod 25 and disengage thetrip-dog 11 from the pin 14 on the shifting-lever 10, and at the sametime the valve in the bottom of the bucket is opened by coming incontact with the trough, releasing the water and permitting it to rundown into the water-bucket placed upon the shelf 2 on the curb 1.

The extreme simplicity of the device is readily apparent, and the easewith which it may be operated will appeal to all those having aknowledge of the difficulty and labor connected withdrawing water fromdeep-dug wells by means of any ordinary Windlass.

It will be understood that the shape of the bucket 22 can be varied toaccommodate it to Wells of different diameters,the bucket shown being ofthe type used in dug wells, while for driven wells a long slender bucketis employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A device for drawing and emptying water from dug, driven or drilledwells, consisting of an inclosed curb 1, having an opening in the top,provided with a hinged lid, and a bucket-shelf 2, secured to the frontthereof; uprights 3 and 4, secured to either side of the curb andconnected at the top by a piece 6, carrying a pulley 7 a Windlass 8,mounted in the upright 3; a shifting-lever 10, and trip-dog 11,pivotally mounted upon a crosspiece 9, secured near the top of saiduprights 3 and 4, said shifting-lever having an arm 12, terminating inan elongated loop 13, and having a pin 14 upon its rear side to engagethe trip-dog 11; a trough 15, pivotally hung between posts 16, on thecurb 1, said trough weighted at its rear end and having a striker 26,upon one side and a pin'20 upon the other; a rod 25, passing along theupright 4, and secured at its upper end to the trip-dog 11, and havingan inwardly-extending lower end to engage the striker 26; abucket-supporting rod 24, secured to the uprights 3 and 4; a lid 5,having a hinge-rod 18, provided with a fixed segmental slotted arm 19,at one end; said slot engaging the pin 20, on the trough 15, and a ropeor cable 21, secured to the windlass 8, passing over the pulley 7,through the loop 13, and secured to the hail of the bucket 22, said ropehaving a button 23, fixed thereon, just above the bucket-bail, allsubstantially as shown and described.

2. In a device for raising water from dug, driven, or drilled wells andemptying the same automatically, the combination of the curb 1, havingan opening at the top, provided with a lid, and a bucket-shelf 2,secured to the front thereof; uprights 3 and 4, secured to either sideof the curb and connected at the top by a piece 6, carrying a pulley 7;a Windlass 8, mounted in the upright 3; a shifting-lever 10, andtrip-dog 11, pivotally mounted upon a cross-piece 9, secured near thetop of said uprights 3 and 4, said shifting-lever having an arm 12,terminating in an elongated loop 13, and having a pin 14 upon its rearside to engage the tripdog 11; a trough 15, pivotally hung between posts16, on the curb 1, said trough weighted at its rear end and having astriker 26, upon one side and a pin 20, -upon the other; a rod 25,passing along the upright 4, and secured at its upper end to thetrip-dog 11, and hav-' ing an inwardly-extending lower end to engage thestriker 26; a bucket-supporting rod 24, secured to the uprights 3 and 4;a lid 5, having a hinge-rod 18, provided with a fixed segmental slottedarm 19, at one end; said slot engaging the pin 20, on the trough 15, anda rope or cable 21, secured to the windlass 8, passing over the pulley7, through the loop 13, and secured to the bail of the bucket 22, saidrope having a button 23, fixed thereon, just above the bucket-bail, allarranged substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a device for raising and emptying water from dug,driven or drilled wells, of the water-raising devices, consisting of thecurb and Windlass, with the emptying devices, consisting of theshiftinglever, having the arm 12, terminating in an elongated loop 13,and having a pin 14, upon its rear side, the trip-dog 11, the rod 25,the tilting trough 15, button 23, on the rope 21, and the bucket 22,having a valve in the bottom thereof, as set forth.

4. Inawaterelevatingandemptyingdevice of the class described, thecombination with the curb 1, the Windlass 8, and the trough 15,

of the lid opening and closing device, consisting of the segmentalslotted arm 19, fixed upon one end of the hinge-rod 18, of the lid 5,said slotted arm engaging with a pin 20, upon the adjacent side of thetrough 15, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. PRICE.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN STEUART, E. H. BLACK.

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